Smoker&#39;s mouthpiece



Patented May 27, 1952 UNITED STATES orrlcs 2 Claims.

This invention relates in general to devices for smoking tobacco, and although illustrated as applied to a pipe, the stem may be modified for use as a cigar or cigarette holder.

An important object of the invention is to provide a mouthpiece with means for preventing the entry of saliva into the stem and to cause it to drain and be exuded therefrom.

A further object of the invention is to provide a smokers mouthpiece having a transverse and undercut opening which extends all around the bore of the mouthpiece adjacent the bit thereof so that there is no tendency for saliva to enter the bore, but rather the saliva will tend to be drawn in from the lower open edge thereof.

A further object of the invention is to provide an attachment which may be applied to the bit end of any mouthpiece of this kind.

Other objects of the invention will appear in the specification and will be apparent from the accompanying drawings in which,

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a pipe having a mouthpiece in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of the bit end of the mouthpiece;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2 with the drain opening at a different angle;

Fig. 5 is a sectional View showing an attachment at the end of a mouthpiece in accordance with the invention; and

Fig. 6 is a bottom elevational view of the structure shown in Fig. 5.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the invention is described in connection with a smokers pipe having a bowl Ia and a connected stem 12 into which a mouthpiece I4 is threaded or inserted frictionally with a bore It of the mouthpiece registering with a corresponding bore !8 of the stem.

At the outer end of the mouthpiece, it is usually somewhat flattened and provided with a tip or bit 20 by which it may be more readily engaged and held in the mouth of a smoker.

In the bit and extending transversely of the bore is from the lower edge thereof is a recess 22 which forms a chamber extending beyond all of the edges of the bore 58 which is preferably flattened and easily flares outwardiy in the mouthpiece. As shown in Fig. 2, the recess 22 may be substantially at right angles to the bore 1 6 having an opening 23 at the lower edge of the bit or a recess 24 as shown in Fig. i may be 2 slightly inclined to the bore [6 so that an outer edge or opening 25 of the recess is located near the shouldered projection of the bit 20.

Instead of providing a, mouthpiece with this opening formed therein, an attachment is may be provided for the end of a mouthpiece 28 and suitably attached to the outer end of a bit 30 thereof, the attachment having a bore 32 to register with a central bore 34 of the mouthpiece and having a cut away portion at one side to form a recess 36 when the attachment is applied to the end of the mouthpiece, this recess extending transversely and beyond the edges of the bore 34 and when thus attached to the end of the mouthpiece having an opening 38 at the bottom or lower side of the mouth piece. This attachment may be adhesively or otherwise attached to the end of the mouthpiece so that it becomes a permanent part thereof.

With this construction, the recess and the opening thereof in the mouthpiece together form a chamber or recess leading from the smoke outlet end of the mouthpiece to the mouth. Any saliva which may tend to enter the bore of the mouthpiece during a quiet period when the is not being drawn from the pipe will not tend to enter the smoke conduit or passage but will be collected in the recess at the end of the bit and must discharge into the mouth. If saliva should tend to collect in the recess, the pressure of smoke drawn through the stem will cause it to pass into the mouth and away from the smoke duct, thereby obviating and also preventing any accumulation of saliva in the bore of the mouthpiece or of the stem.

While this construction has been described as applied to a mouthpiece for a pipe, it may also be in a mouthpiece for holding a cigar or a cigarette.

Although a preferred construction has been described in some detail, it should be regarded as an illustration or example and not as a limitation or restriction of the invention as various changes may be made in the construction, combination and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. A smokers mouthpiece, comprising a bit roundly flattened at the outer end and a bore extending longitudinally and unobstructedly in alignment through the mouthpiece and the bit, the bit having a recessed opening at the under side thereof and extending transversely of the bore, the bore flaring outwardly within the bit at the inner side of the recess, the recess internally of the bit being enlarged laterally and extending beyond the flaring end of the bore at the sides and top thereof, the bottom opening of the recess being substantially as wide as the inner flaring end of the bore and effective to prevent the accumulation of saliva in the bore of the mouthpiece.

2. A smokers mouthpiece, in accordance with claim 1, in which the bit has an angular shouldered portion conforming to the flattened end of 1.

the bit, and the recess opening is inclined slightly to the bore so that the outer edge or opening of the recess is located near the shoulder at the lower side of the bit.

GEORGE L. JOHNSON.

4 REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 995,799 Moerder June 20, 1911 1,886,377 Davis Nov. 8, 1932 2,017,351 Murphy Oct. 15, 1935 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 2,302 Great Britain of 1859 354,272 Great Britain Jan. 28, 1930 

